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Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (28 Jun 2007)

Mary Hanafin: The schedules of accommodation to inform the required building project have been agreed with the school authorities. The next step in the process is the consideration of the project for the appointment of a design team to commence architectural planning process. The building project required to address the long-term accommodation needs of the school will be considered in the context of the...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (28 Jun 2007)

Mary Hanafin: The mainstream staffing of a primary school is determined by reference to the enrolment of the school on 30 September of the previous school year. The actual number of mainstream posts sanctioned is determined by reference to a staffing schedule which is issued to all primary schools each year. Data submitted to the Department by the Board of Management of the school referred to by the...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (28 Jun 2007)

Mary Hanafin: The mainstream staffing of a primary school is determined by reference to the enrolment of the school on 30 September of the previous school year. The actual number of mainstream posts sanctioned is determined by reference to a staffing schedule which is issued to all primary schools each year. Data submitted to my Department by the Board of Management of the school referred to by the...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (28 Jun 2007)

Mary Hanafin: As the Deputy will be aware, the National Council for Special Education is responsible, through its network of local Special Educational Needs Organisers, for allocating resource teachers and special needs assistants to schools to support children with special needs. The Council also considers applications for assistive technology. I have arranged for the details supplied by the Deputy to...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (28 Jun 2007)

Mary Hanafin: I can confirm to the Deputy that the school to which is refers has applied to the Department for large-scale capital funding. The application has been assessed in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria for large-scale works and was assigned a band 2 rating. Progress on the project is being considered in the context of the multi-annual School Building and Modernisation Programme.

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (28 Jun 2007)

Mary Hanafin: I can confirm that the Department is in receipt of an application received in September 2004 for major capital funding from the school to which the Deputy refers. The application has been assessed in accordance with the published prioritisation criteria for large-scale works and was assigned a band 2 rating. Progress on the project is being considered in the context of the multi-annual...

Written Answers — Psychological Service: Psychological Service (28 Jun 2007)

Mary Hanafin: All primary and post primary schools have access to psychological assessments either directly through my Department's National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) or through the Scheme for Commissioning Psychological Assessments (SCPA) that is administered by NEPS and full details of which are available on my Department's website. NEPS does not keep waiting lists for assessments of...

Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (28 Jun 2007)

Mary Hanafin: The Department is not in receipt of an application for capital funding from the school to which the Deputy refers. It would appear that the scope of works referred to is suitable for consideration under the Summer Works Scheme. Details of the Summer Works Scheme for 2008 were published recently on the Department's website www.education.ie. It is open to the school to decide whether or not...

Written Answers — Capitation Grants: Capitation Grants (28 Jun 2007)

Mary Hanafin: Primary schools' running costs are met by my Department's scheme of capitation grants. These grants are intended to contribute towards the general operating costs of schools which would include heating, lighting, cleaning, insurance, painting, teaching aids and other miscellaneous charges. The primary school capitation grant has been increased substantially in recent years. Since 1997 the...

Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (28 Jun 2007)

Mary Hanafin: Proposals for the works to which the Deputy refers were received from the schools in question in the context of an amalgamation negotiation. The amalgamation is not being pursued. it is open to the school authority to apply for funding for the works concerned under the Summer Works Scheme. Details of the 2008 Scheme were recently published on the Department's website www.education.ie. The...

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (28 Jun 2007)

Mary Hanafin: The Department is currently in negotiation around the possibility of acquiring the building to which the Deputy refers. This process is complex involving as it does suitability assessment, valuations, price negotiations and attendant legal formalities. The Department is keenly aware that the issues concerned are commercially sensitive and that it is not a foregone conclusion that the...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (28 Jun 2007)

Mary Hanafin: Teacher allocations for second level schools are approved by my Department on an annual basis in accordance with generally applied rules relating to recognised pupil enrolment. In general a ratio of 18:1 is applied in respect of recognised pupils on established Junior Certificate, Leaving Certificate, repeat Leaving Certificate and Transition Year Programmes and a ratio of 16:1 is applied in...

Written Answers — Teaching Qualifications: Teaching Qualifications (28 Jun 2007)

Mary Hanafin: The Deputy may be aware that, with effect from 28th March, 2006, the Teaching Council is the designated authority for recognition of qualifications for the regulated profession of primary and secondary teachers. Persons wishing to be registered as a teacher in this country must apply to the Teaching Council for recognition of their qualifications. If their qualifications are recognised by the...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (28 Jun 2007)

Mary Hanafin: The school in question is a special school for children with mild general disability (MGLD). The criteria for the allocation of special needs assistant (SNA) support is set out in Department circulars and has regard to the recommendations of the Report of the Special Education Review Committee 1993. This report recommended that the appointment ratio for special schools catering for children...

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (28 Jun 2007)

Mary Hanafin: The decision on eligibility for third level grants and the issue of grant awards is a matter for the relevant local authority or VEC. My Department contacted Kildare County Council, the awarding body for the student's address, and was advised that an application was not received from the student referred to by the Deputy. In the absence of an application it is not possible to advise on the...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (28 Jun 2007)

Mary Hanafin: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that the school to which he refers is included in my announcement of 5th April, 2007 of 56 schools which have been given the go-ahead to commence architectural planning. The school authority recently attended an information session, held by the Department's Building Unit, which outlined how projects will proceed from here.

Written Answers — Site Acquisitions: Site Acquisitions (28 Jun 2007)

Mary Hanafin: The Department has identified a potentially suitable site for the school to which the Deputy refers and officials have entered into negotiations with the owner's agent in the matter. When a suitable site has been secured, a building project for the school will be considered for progression in the context of the multi-annual School Building and Modernisation Programme.

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (28 Jun 2007)

Mary Hanafin: Kildare Town Community School is one of six schools that make up the Second Bundle of the Department's current Public Private Partnership Programme. Work on the pre-procurement of this bundle commenced in late 2006 and is on-going. An outline planning application is currently being prepared for the school in question and the educational needs of the school are being finalised. The...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (28 Jun 2007)

Mary Hanafin: County Kildare VEC, the school authority in this instance, is currently negotiating with the Department of Defence with a view to acquiring a suitable site for the new school. As soon as a site has been acquired progress on the project will be considered in the context of the multi annual School Building and Modernisation Programme.

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (28 Jun 2007)

Mary Hanafin: As the Deputy will be aware the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) was established under the Education for Persons with Special Needs (EPSEN) Act to improve the delivery of education services to persons with special educational needs arising from disabilities with particular emphasis on children. The NCSE has a key role in the delivery of services and operates through a network of...